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Albanese’s game of Cabinet charades
The colour of authoritarianism is grey. I learned this the first time I sat in a wonderful old town square…
Democracy is better off with policy think tanks
In case you missed it, media attention recently focused on a US think tank and its worked-up policy plans for…
Time for tough love or Australia will go to the dogs
From Thimphu, Bhutan: To ‘go to the dogs’ is an idiom that means an organisation or a country is ‘deteriorating…
An Anzac story
In an obscure cove, on an unknown beach, in a foreign land far-far away, on the morning of the April…
The Olympics have gone to s**t
There was a time, not so long ago, when poodles shitting on the streets of Paris were considered to be…
The science of twins: why are we so fascinated by doubles?
Fascination with twins and what twin studies tell us about human nature is universal. There is no question that behavioural…
Labor, the CFMEU, and the war on small business
Labor governments across the country have expressed their astonishment at the revelation their mates and financiers in the CFMEU might,…
Is radical anti-feminism really the most prevalent extremism?
A new report from the University of Melbourne indicates that radical anti-feminism could be the most prevalent form of violent…
Don’t kowtow to useful idiots, and say no to a republic
So, our young people are increasingly in favour of a republic? Help them pack for the Democratic Republic of Korea,…
Tilting at windmills
Chris Bowen’s renewable energy plans are falling into disarray. Environmental legislation, introduced to block new mining developments, is proving to…
eSafety Commissioner no longer pretending to hide political bias
Much has been made of Julie Inman Grant’s totalitarian tendencies to crackdown on Australians’ free speech under the guise of…
Is Kamala Harris’ future burdened by her past?
Integrity goes to character. Does Kamala Harris pass this test? It is a key question now she is the Democrats’…
Yellow cake road – why Dutton’s nuclear plan is an ‘okay’ idea
‘The future of our country is incredibly important, we need to have a plan…’ Peter Dutton, June 19, 2024 And…
Minor parties can save the West
‘Blame Farage for the Tory wipe-out!’ Or so went the rather limp voices in the UK, grasping for excuses following…
Come on boys, be flexible
To be a working parent with pre-schoolers is a challenge. I write this as the mother of two girls –…
Can Elon Musk solve world hunger?
When Elon Musk made his multi-billion dollar bid for Twitter (now known as ‘X’), some rather silly things were said.…
How Australia began democracy
Nothing bad happened before Australian colonisation in 1788, or good after it. Apart from a modern first-world economy and democracy,…
Restoring the presumption of innocence
For a nation that used to pride itself on hosting festivals of ‘dangerous ideas’, there has certainly been a ridiculous…
Trump will change the (energy) world
The film VICE traces the rise of Dick Cheney to the position of US Vice President under the administration of…
Hate speech or censorship? Queensland to give more power to activists
What began as a worthy goal to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace has been hijacked by activists seeking to…
Peter Dutton must take a stand against the eSafety Commission
A new video of a talk by eSafety csar Julie Inman Grant is circulating on social media, revealing what many…
Presidential puppets: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are finished
‘Inevitability’ – it should be the word for the week. It was inevitable that a tech crash would cripple our…
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